Re: OT: My Keyboard Devil (was Re: z-value)

Reef Fish wrote:
>
> Reef Fish wrote:
> > Omar wrote:
> > > Hi Friends,
> > >
> > > By using SPSS, how can I calculate the z-value for x = 95 hours,
> > given a process that has a normal distribution, with u = 80 hours &
> s.d
> > = 15 hours.
> >
> > You jettizen your SPSS manual and package and do it in your HEAD in 2
> > nanosecond.
> > :-)
>
> jettizen?? I couldn't believe it myself when I saw it! :-)
>
> A quick check using google revealed that I used the word jettison
> in FIVE newsgroup threads ainxw 1992, and never misspelled it before.
>
> It's obvious I don't use spell-checkers as I post directly from
> groups.google.com and it doesn't spell-check anything. Most of
> the time the typos are harmless because no one would misunderstand
> the context. Besides, it's good for the Spelling Cops on the
> internet to have something to bash me about, since they usually
> don't understand what I post anyway. :-)
>
> All this lead to my serious question about my "Keyboard Devil".
>
> Recently, I've encountered this on BOTH of my laptops running
> Windows-XP:
>
> I would be typing a sentence and sometimes the curser would
> jump to the middle of a line/word several lines away -- and
> I have to make the necessary corrections to what the devil did,
> and resume where I left off ... and then the devil would do it
> again.
>
> Has ANYONE ELSE encountered this phenomenon in using Windows XP?
> I suspect it's peculiar to the combination of laptops and Windows XP.
>
> It's getting to be increasingly aggrevating, and that's why I am
> taking this opportunity to make this OT post to see if one of you
> computer experts can tell me what the devil is my keyboard devil
> doing and how I may eliminate that random-jump behavior of the cursor.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Bob.

I just got a laptop with XP. I don't think I've had that problem while
typing, but I do find the little touch pad mouse device is sensitive
to even having a finger hovering too close, and sometimes the cursor
will jump to a place I don't want or even open a program
unintentionally. Maybe your thumbs are sending signals via the touch
pad. Good luck.

Cheers,
Russell
--
All too often the study of data requires care.
.

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